Listen to Layne Hatcher on the States Up podcast (23:20 mark) - Spring Ball 2022
2022
Enrolled at Texas State in January 2022 ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team ... Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team ... Participated in the 2022 Manning Passing Academy.
ARKANSAS STATE (2019-21)
32 career games and 16 starts in the Sun Belt, all at Arkansas State … Threw for 7,427 yards and 65 touchdowns in three seasons with the Red Wolves … Finished 4th in A-State history in career passing yards … Also 3rd in career passing touchdowns and 4th in completion percentage (61.6 percent) ... In 2021, he was 4th in the Sun Belt in completions, 3rd in pass attempts (341), T-4th in passing touchdowns, and 5th in passing yards (2,243) and total offense (215.4 yards per game) ... Named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2019 … All-Sun Belt honorable mention in 2020 as a sophomore ... tabbed Lindy's "Strongest Arm" in the Sun Belt Conference and participated in the Manning Passing Academy in 2021 ...
2021: 7 starts in 11 games ... 201-of-341, 2,423 yards, 19 TDs, 13 INTs ... 129.39 pass efficiency rating ... Â
2020: Played in 11 games, but did not start ... 116-of-194, 2,058 yards, 19 TDs and 2 INTs ... 179.16 pass efficiency rating ... Led the nation in passing yards per completion (17.74) ...Â
2019: Started 9 games as a redshirt freshman, including the Camellia Bowl, and played in 10 total games ... 204-of-310, 2,946 yards, 27 TDs ... 167.9 pass efficiency rating.
ALABAMA (2018)
Redshirt
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year career at Pulaski Academy, where he finished as Arkansas' all-time leader in passing yards (15,483) and touchdowns (185) ... in three seasons as the Bruins' starting quarter, he posted a 41-1 career record ... Gatorade Arkansas Football Player of the Year and three-star recruit (247 Sports) ... Passed for 5,779 yards with 66 touchdowns and 11 interceptions as a senior in 2017, leading Pulaski Academy to its fourth straight Class 5A state championship ... Posted 4,656 passing yards and 58 touchdowns as a junior, while also throwing for 4,667 yards and 55 scores as a sophomore ... Piled up a national record 791 yards total offense, including 757 passing, and nine touchdowns against Little Rock Christian as a senior ... Posted 12 300-yard passing games in 2017 ... Tabbed all-conference and all-state as sophomore, junior and senior ... Was also a four-time state champion in wrestling and ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation.
